Xu Kai’s Recent Scandal Expands with New Allegation that He Ran an Unlawful Private Gambling Group Out of His Home During Hendian Studios Filming Periods

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I….don’t quite know how this will shake out but things just went from not good to really bad for C-actor Xu Kai. This week there are new reveals that allege he operated a private gambling club/ring/group out of his home during the filming periods he was at Hendian Studios. It’s basically a card game with real money stakes but when … Continue reading →

Eleven Top Actress Including Crystal Liu, Song Jia, and Dilraba Dilmurat Share Vogue China’s September 2025 20th Anniversary Cover

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The September Vogue covers are always the most coveted since it comes with the thickest Fall fashion season spread. For Vogue China this September 2025 also marks its 20th anniversary issue so it’s doubly prestigious to get the cover. This time it’s not one top actress but eleven assembled together all in red for the glamorous spread. For the 80 … Continue reading →

C-ent Rumor that Wang An Yu is Dropping Out of Wuxia C-drama A Journey to Glow with Yu Shu Xin Mere Days Before Shooting is Scheduled to Begin

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So it’s been a bad week for C-actress Yu Shu Xin in terms of the social discourse around her, ranging from her privileged wealthy background leading to questions about how her father accumulated the wealth to her alleged bullying of C-actress Zhang Hao Yue when they two did the variety show Grade 1 · Graduation nearly a decade ago. Her … Continue reading →

Online Chatter Quiets Down for C-actress Zhao Lu Su After a Wild Last Month of August with Her Livestream Blasts Against Agency and Quitting Weibo

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The combination of Zhao Lu Si leaving Weibo, the largest social media platform in China, as well as netizens attention moving on to newer topics has made her situation noticeably quiet down to start off this month in September. Last month she dominated August with her near daily livestreams blasting her agency and also mouthing off on a variety of … Continue reading →

Checking in on September 2025 K-dramas with New Arrivals My Youth, Queen Mantis, and Butterfly

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So the August K-dramas battled it out and the runaway clear winner is Bon Appétit, Your Majesty on tvN, with only the question of how high could it go in ratings through the rest of its run. Mary Kills People is a mega flop with ratings in the 1% range and such a depressing topic and Twelve is also a … Continue reading →

Tencent Melancholy C-drama Twelve Letters with Zhou Yi Ran and Wang Ying Lu Delivers Short But Meaningful Run

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A short (12-episode) length C-drama premiered recently on Tencent in a very low key way (not a lot of promos) and wrapped its run in mere days. But the drama Twelve Letters reportedly received rave reviews from the few viewers that watched so it’s worth writing about. The drama stars Zhou Yi Ran and Wang Ying Lu as they navigate … Continue reading →

Romance Period C-drama Love in the Clouds with Hou Ming Hao and Lu Yu Xiao Reportedly Scheduled for End of September 2025 Premiere on Youku

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With the spate of August 2025 C-dramas ending/ended such as Moonlit Reunion, When Destiny Brings the Demon, and Shadow Love, and we’re now in early September hopefully this month will have one or two good offerings. The first to get a reported airing date (not yet confirmed) is Love in the Clouds streaming on Youku. It stars Hou Ming Hao … Continue reading →

Countryside Life Period C-drama This Thriving Land with Yang Mi and Ou Hao Ends Successful Run with Opening Douban Ratings of 7.2

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This week the CCTV8 broadcast and iQiyi streaming modern period C-drama This Thriving Land concluding it’s highly critically acclaimed and strong viewership run. The opening Douban ratings are a very good 7.2 though from all the raves I thought it would be in the higher 7s range. Female lead Yang Mi can breath a huge sigh of relief after a … Continue reading →

A Genie and a Starlet Princess Entwine Fates in New Posters for Netflix Fantasy Drama Genie, Make a Wish

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At this point its becoming a meme of sorts, just how bad the promos can be for upcoming big budget and high profile fantasy K-drama Genie, Make a Wish. Written by Kim Eun Soek, starring Kim Woo Bin and Suzy, and bankrolled by Netflix, all that hype has been muted in recent weeks with a series of very very bad … Continue reading →

Xu Kai and Wei Zhe Ming Cast in Hunan TV’s Tang Dynasty Investigation C-drama Ting Feng Ling to Start Filming This Month September 2025

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So it’s clear the recent scandal with Xu Kai and his ex-girlfriend has no immediate impact on his career. It didn’t hurt Moonlit Reunion, which didn’t do very well but continued to track okay through the entire run even after the scandal arose. Now he’s heading into production for a new C-drama titled Ting Feng Ling (听风令 Listening Wind Orders) … Continue reading →

Jeon Ji Hyun and Lee Byung Hun in Talks for Spy K-drama The Koreans Adapted From Critically Acclaimed US Show The Americans

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This sounds like both a prestige project and a potential big budget blockbuster type K-drama. K-ent is reporting that top stars Jeon Ji Hyun and Lee Byung Hun are in talks to headline the K-drama The Koreans, adapted from the hit US show The Americans. It will follow a married couple of North Korean spies living in South Korea, like … Continue reading →

Supernatural Romance and Investigation C-drama Moonlit Romance with Xu Kai and Tian Xi Wei Heads Towards Finale and Gets Douban Opening Ratings of 6.6

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August 2025 wasn’t as strong a month in C-dramas as July was the prior month, but the August dramas have all ended or are ending so time to check in on one that I haven’t started yet but still plan to. Tencent fantasy romance C-drama Moonlit Reunion with Xu Kai and Tian Xi Wei will end its run this week … Continue reading →

iQiyi Schedules Republic Era to Modern Times Vignette C-drama Zu Ji with Tong Yao, Cheng Lei, and Jelly Lin for September 4th Premiere

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I’ve seen back-to-back drama releases for C-stars but this is the rare back-to-back-to-back three peat coming for actor Cheng Lei. This week iQiyi will release the ensemble through-the-eras C-drama Zu Ji (Chinese title means footprints) with female lead Tong Yao in the 1950’s era and Cheng Lei with Jelly Lin in the earlier 1930’s period, and then Wang He Run … Continue reading →